Whether it was broken or not, no one else knew.
But Kai understood perfectly.
He lowered his head, as if he could see through his clothes to the double-layered Four Symbols Seal on his abdomen.
As a seal of the same kind as Naruto's, Urashiki's fishing rod had no way of piercing it.
Even if it could pierce through, Kai still possessed an even stronger seal—
Infinite Lock.
Or rather, an Infinite Lock derived from the Adamantine Sealing Chains.
Compared to the Four Symbols Seal, it was only stronger, not weaker.
For a fishing rod that could not even pierce the Four Symbols Seal, trying to pierce a body reinforced by Infinite Lock was nothing but a fool's dream.
But!
Kai had deliberately bypassed all of that and taken the initiative to hang his chakra onto the hook.
Didn't Urashiki want to fish for chakra?
Then let him fish.
Let him fish as much as he wanted.
Uchiha Kai might not have much else, but his chakra reserves were terrifyingly abundant.
Of course, the most important part was—
The nano-scale insects and Kotoamatsukami spores contained within that chakra…
"Strange… is there something odd about this brat's body?"
Urashiki looked at the ridiculously long thread of chakra and spent quite some effort gathering it up before placing it into his fish basket.
At a glance, he even looked somewhat flustered.
Then his gaze shifted toward Sasuke.
More precisely, toward the tailed beast cloak on Sasuke's body.
"And that crimson chakra… why…"
"Why does it look so similar to that fox brat's chakra?"
"Could it be…"
Suddenly, a possibility flashed through his mind.
His eyes widened abruptly!
Even the Rinnegan within them began fluctuating rapidly.
He suddenly raised his hand, pointed at Kai, and shouted, "Could it be! In truth! You!"
"You are that fox brat after disappearing?!"
Uchiha Kai: "?"
Sasuke: "?"
Boruto: "?"
"But… why is your hair straight and black? And why don't you have whiskers?"
Urashiki frowned and pondered for quite some time. Then he suddenly slapped his thigh.
"I understand! You, you, you—! You permed your hair! And dyed it too, didn't you?!"
Kai: "…"
This Urashiki was not only polite.
He was also a complete idiot.
Kai shook his head and stopped Sasuke and Boruto, who were preparing to attack. Just as he was about to say something, a new prompt suddenly appeared before his eyes.
[Ding! Conversation with target Ōtsutsuki Urashiki has reached three minutes. Attempting to analyze traits…]
[Current copyable traits: Elegant Slayer (Black), Fisherman (Black), Time Rewind (Colorless), Crane Form (Colorless), Yomotsu Hirasaka (Gold), Six-Tomoe Rinnegan (Gold), Pure Byakugan (Gold), Ninjutsu Reflection (Purple)…]
As expected of the Ōtsutsuki clan.
Just looking at these traits, they were high-end.
And—
This was also the first time Kai had seen a Colorless trait on someone else.
Time Rewind.
Although it could only affect the people around him, if used properly…
Combined with his absurd amount of chakra…
Kai blinked.
Didn't that basically mean infinite revival tokens?
If Danzo, that old bastard, saw this, wouldn't he bite his own tongue apart?
That man's arm full of revival tokens lost one every time he used one.
But this was a ready-made revival token that did not even require consuming eyes!
Of course, aside from the revival token, the other Colorless trait seemed a little watered down.
Crane Form?
If he remembered correctly, that Crane Form was the one that got beaten down by two genin children working together!
Although Sasuke and Jiraiya had assisted, Urashiki had indeed died at the hands of those two.
On the other hand, Fisherman was different.
With one cast and one pull, it could fish out another person's chakra and turn it into his own.
That was definitely cheating.
Without enough information, there were probably very few people in the current shinobi world who could dodge it.
"Wonder if this thing can fish up anything other than chakra…"
Kai murmured.
Then, after taking two steps forward, he called out, "Hey, hey, hey, fishing guy. Want to chat for a bit?"
Crack.
Hearing this, Sasuke, who was gripping the Kusanagi Sword and preparing to fight with everything he had, stumbled.
Boruto's mouth also opened wider and wider.
Only Jiraiya slapped a hand against his forehead with a loud smack, looking utterly speechless.
This was not the first time he had seen something like this.
It seemed that whenever Kai encountered someone new, whether enemy or ally, he always wanted to chat for ten minutes first.
Was this…
Some kind of strange habit?
He shook his head, but his heart relaxed.
Every time Kai spoke like this, it meant the situation was already within his grasp.
He even glanced at Boruto, who looked ready to object, then tugged him a couple of times and made him sit down obediently to watch the show.
"Strange… Second Brother… why does he feel different from the one in my memories…"
"Why does he seem like he's becoming a chatterbox?"
Sasuke's brows furrowed into a knot.
"Second Brother didn't talk much, did he? And he was never willing to chat with us…"
He truly could not understand.
Why was the second brother before him still carrying that careless look, as if nothing mattered to him, yet at the same time, he had a calmness that made everything seem light and easy?
It was as if everything before him was within his expectations.
Or perhaps—
The three of them from the future simply were not enough to surprise him.
Amid his confusion, Sasuke tightened his grip on the Kusanagi Sword slightly.
He had made up his mind.
If anything unexpected happened later, he would immediately use Amenotejikara and swap Kai somewhere else!
"You want to chat?"
Above them, Urashiki also seemed to doubt his own ears. He reached up and dug at one ear, asking uncertainly, "You… do you know what you're saying?"
Kai nodded.
Although the probability was low, even a mosquito leg was still meat!
If he gambled and pulled out a motorcycle, wouldn't he take off right away?
A chance to talk face-to-face with an Ōtsutsuki did not come often.
"Interesting, interesting. Why would a shinobi like you be completely unknown in the future?"
Ōtsutsuki Urashiki smiled.
He actually put away the weapon in his hand and started chatting.
The two of them began talking about all sorts of random nonsense.
The three people around them listened until their brains nearly stopped working.
"Um… um…"
Boruto patted his chest and still could not help looking toward Jiraiya.
"Lord Jiraiya, has he… always been like this?"
"Mm? You mean Kai? That's right, that's right! Ahahaha!"
Jiraiya nodded and laughed loudly.
Anyone would be surprised after seeing it.
"Can you tell me about… Second Brother?"
After hesitating for a moment, future Sasuke also leaned closer and asked.
He was very curious.
Was this "second brother" of his truly the same second brother he knew?
Hearing this, Jiraiya nodded and roughly explained what he had heard and seen.
When he spoke of the night of the clan massacre and how Uchiha Kai had resolved the conflict by himself, the adult and child were both shocked.
Especially when they heard that even Uchiha Itachi, the genius of the Uchiha clan, had not been his opponent, their reactions grew even stronger.
Clatter.
The Kusanagi Sword in Sasuke's hand fell to the ground.
His face was filled with shock.
Boruto, meanwhile, tilted his head and murmured, "Uchiha Itachi… that name sounds so, so, so familiar…"
"I feel like I've heard it somewhere."
"Heard it somewhere?"
Jiraiya tilted his head, his words carrying a hidden meaning.
"If I remember correctly, that guy should be your older brother, right, Sasuke?"
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